CVE-2018-16842

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16842
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-16842.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-16842
Aliases
Downstream
Related
Published
2018-10-31T19:29:00.690Z
Modified
2026-04-11T12:27:55.285794Z
Severity
  • 9.1 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

Curl versions 7.14.1 through 7.61.1 are vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read in the tool_msgs.c:voutf() function that may result in information exposure and denial of service.

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/curl/curl

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/curl/curl
Events
Introduced
6e1a986e0f35cf36618bd88f42e14ea856b6951b
Last affected
432eb5f5c254ee8383b2522ce597c9219877923e
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
47ccaa4218c408e70671a2fa9caaa3caf8c1a877
Fixed
d530e92f59ae9bb2d47066c3c460b25d2ffeb211
Database specific 
{
    "versions": [
        {
            "introduced": "7.14.1"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "7.61.1"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "8.0"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

Other
curl-7_14_1
curl-7_15_0
curl-7_15_1
curl-7_15_2
curl-7_15_3
curl-7_15_4
curl-7_15_5
curl-7_15_6-prepipeline
curl-7_16_0
curl-7_16_1
curl-7_16_2
curl-7_16_3
curl-7_16_4
curl-7_17_0
curl-7_17_0-preldapfix
curl-7_17_1
curl-7_18_0
curl-7_18_1
curl-7_18_2
curl-7_19_0
curl-7_19_1
curl-7_19_2
curl-7_19_3
curl-7_19_4
curl-7_19_5
curl-7_19_6
curl-7_19_7
curl-7_20_0
curl-7_20_1
curl-7_21_0
curl-7_21_1
curl-7_21_2
curl-7_21_3
curl-7_21_4
curl-7_21_5
curl-7_21_6
curl-7_21_7
curl-7_22_0
curl-7_23_0
curl-7_23_1
curl-7_25_0
curl-7_26_0
curl-7_27_0
curl-7_28_0
curl-7_28_1
curl-7_29_0
curl-7_30_0
curl-7_31_0
curl-7_32_0
curl-7_33_0
curl-7_34_0
curl-7_35_0
curl-7_36_0
curl-7_37_0
curl-7_37_1
curl-7_38_0
curl-7_39_0
curl-7_40_0
curl-7_41_0
curl-7_42_0
curl-7_43_0
curl-7_44_0
curl-7_45_0
curl-7_46_0
curl-7_47_0
curl-7_47_1
curl-7_48_0
curl-7_49_0
curl-7_49_1
curl-7_50_0
curl-7_50_1
curl-7_50_2
curl-7_50_3
curl-7_51_0
curl-7_52_0
curl-7_52_1
curl-7_53_0
curl-7_53_1
curl-7_54_0
curl-7_54_1
curl-7_55_0
curl-7_55_1
curl-7_56_0
curl-7_56_1
curl-7_57_0
curl-7_58_0
curl-7_59_0
curl-7_60_0
curl-7_61_0
curl-7_61_1
curl-7_62_0
curl-7_63_0
curl-7_64_0
curl-7_64_1
curl-7_65_0
curl-7_65_1
curl-7_65_2
curl-7_65_3
curl-7_66_0
curl-7_67_0
curl-7_68_0
curl-7_69_0
curl-7_69_1
curl-7_70_0
curl-7_71_0
curl-7_71_1
curl-7_72_0
curl-7_73_0
curl-7_74_0
curl-7_75_0
curl-7_76_0
curl-7_76_1
curl-7_77_0
curl-7_78_0
curl-7_79_0
curl-7_79_1
curl-7_80_0
curl-7_81_0
curl-7_82_0
curl-7_83_0
curl-7_83_1
curl-7_84_0
curl-7_85_0
curl-7_86_0
curl-7_87_0
curl-7_88_0
curl-7_88_1
curl-8_0_0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-16842.json"
vanir_signatures 
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            ]
        },
        "id": "CVE-2018-16842-1bc8b2d6",
        "deprecated": false,
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "signature_type": "Line",
        "source": "https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/d530e92f59ae9bb2d47066c3c460b25d2ffeb211",
        "target": {
            "file": "src/tool_msgs.c"
        }
    },
    {
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            "function_hash": "276247327338978490978930240644272334443"
        },
        "id": "CVE-2018-16842-ea38dff0",
        "deprecated": false,
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "signature_type": "Function",
        "source": "https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/d530e92f59ae9bb2d47066c3c460b25d2ffeb211",
        "target": {
            "function": "voutf",
            "file": "src/tool_msgs.c"
        }
    }
]
vanir_signatures_modified 
"2026-04-11T12:27:55Z"
unresolved_ranges 
[
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "12.04"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "14.04"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "16.04"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "18.04"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "18.10"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "9.0"
            }
        ]
    }
]